‘GV News’ wins awards for excellence in advertising

The Green Valley News won first place for General Excellence in Advertising in the Arizona Newspapers Association annual contest.

Pam Mox, publisher of the newspaper since 2003, accepted the award on last month in Scottsdale.

“We’ve worked really hard in improving all aspects of the appearance and content of our paper,” Mox said. “I’m very proud of the advertising and production staff for winning this award.”

The News has received first place for General Excellence at least one other time since she has been publisher, Mox said.

The Excellence in Advertising competition is an annual contest that recognizes the work of ad designers, production personnel and sales representatives throughout the state.

The entries for this year’s competition were judged by journalists from the advertising departments of newspapers in Kentucky.

Along with the General Excellence award, the News won nine other awards, including first place in four categories:

Best Black and White Ad — Brittany Hebert, Michelle Forehand.

Best Paid Advertisement (Black and White) — Justin St. John and Brian Murphy.

Most Effective use of Small Space — Graham Harrington and Forehand.

Best Classified Section.

All awards are broken down into divisions by the size of circulation. The News won in the division for non-daily newspapers with a circulation of more than 10,000.

According to the ANA Web site, each award won by a newspaper is worth various points. The Arizona Newspapers Association adds the points awarded from two contests, the Excellence in Advertising competition and the Better Newspapers contest, to determine the daily and non-daily winners for “Newspaper of the Year.”

The Better Newspapers contest winners, based on a newspaper’s editorial content, will be announced in October.